Fuji GX680 Professional
Fuji Photo Film · Fuji GX680 mount · 56 × 76 mm nominal 6×8 on 120 or 220 film (English Wikipedia). Separate 120 and 220 holders were used on this body and the II; camera-wiki lists a Roll Film Holder II for 6×7 and 6×6, and masks of 6×4.5, 6×6 and 6×7 arrived only with the GX680III's Film Holder III N. · 1986
Also known as: Fuji GX680 · Fujifilm GX680 · Fuji GX680 Professional · GX680 Professional · GX680 Pro · GX 680 · Fuji GX-680 · フジ GX680 · フジフイルム GX680 · 富士 GX680 · GX680 プロフェッショナル · フジ GX680 プロフェッショナル
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuji GX680 Professional (1986–1994) | Fuji GX680 | 1986–1994 | — | Not published. |
- Weight 4,146 g is English Wikipedia's figure with the 135mm lens, a film holder and the rechargeable battery. No bare-body weight was published for this model.
- Launch year: Fujifilm's history and Japanese Wikipedia say 1986; English Wikipedia's production run starts in 1987. The end year is the GX680II's launch — August 1994 by Japanese Wikipedia, 1995 by camera-wiki and English Wikipedia.
How to tell them apart
- A 6×8 single-lens reflex the size of a small view camera: a front standard on rails joined to the body by bellows, with movement knobs on the standard
- Lenses are permanently fixed to electronic lens boards with a GX bayonet; the aperture is set by a lever on the lens, the shutter by the dial on the body (English Wikipedia)
- Rotating back with motorised film holders, each with its own LED counter and an ER-3 backup cell
- GX680, GX680II, GX680III and IIIS differ externally only in displays, controls and battery type (English Wikipedia): the original has the coaxial focus brake and LED readouts, and no name suffix
- Listing trap: sellers write 'GX680' for all four generations; a NiCd pack and a focus brake coaxial with the focusing knob mark the first body
Fuji GX680 Professional (1986–1994):
- A 'focus brake' lever coaxial with the focusing knob; the GX680II replaced it with a focus-lock lever on the front-standard carrier (English Wikipedia)
- LED readouts rather than the LCD panel of the III; no name suffix on the body — the III and IIIS carry their name on the right side above the shutter-speed dial (English Wikipedia)
- No strap lugs: a strap mount was an extra set, and only the III has lugs built in (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki)
- Powered by a 7.2 V nickel-cadmium pack, with an optional 6×AA holder and an AC adapter; the III moved to three CR123A cells in the base (camera-wiki)
- Front standard with rise/fall, shift and tilt knobs and a swing lever, which the GX680S and IIIS lack (camera-wiki)
- Fuji GX680 Professional (1986–1994): The launch body and the only version until the GX680II of 1994. Movements on the front standard: shift 15 mm left and right, rise 15 mm, fall 13 mm, tilt 12° up and down, swing 12° left and right (Japanese Wikipedia; English Wikipedia gives 15 mm right, left and up and 13 mm down, and ±12° tilt). Film holders carry an ER-3 lithium backup cell and run ISO 25–1600 in third steps; the body meters light off the film through a silicon diode and reports over, under or correct after each exposure. About 4,146 g with the 135mm lens, a holder and the battery (English Wikipedia).
Specifications
- Format
- 56 × 76 mm nominal 6×8 on 120 or 220 film (English Wikipedia). Separate 120 and 220 holders were used on this body and the II; camera-wiki lists a Roll Film Holder II for 6×7 and 6×6, and masks of 6×4.5, 6×6 and 6×7 arrived only with the GX680III's Film Holder III N.
- Finder
- folding hood with a pop-up 2.5× magnifier (−1 dioptre as supplied; −4, −3, 0, +1, +2 and +3 magnifiers listed) and a matte screen with microprism centre · 2.5× magnification · 100% coverage
- Shutter
- electronic leaf shutter made by Seiko in every lens, timed and cocked by the body (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki) · 8s–1/400, B · flash sync all speeds; PC socket on the right side of the body and a hot shoe on the front standard; no TTL flash metering (the AE finder's meter includes flash)
- Film advance
- motorised, in the film holder: automatic advance to the first frame and after the last, about 1 frame per second, single, continuous and multiple-exposure modes, a chime at the last frame (camera-wiki; English Wikipedia)
- Back
- rotating back taking interchangeable motorised holders with an interlocking dark slide; separate 120 and 220 holders on this body and the II (camera-wiki; English Wikipedia)
- Meter
- off-the-film silicon diode reading a central 25 mm circle after exposure, LW 4–18 at ISO 100, shown on LEDs; aperture-priority TTL AE only with the AE Finder (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki)
- Weight
- 4146 g
- Dimensions
- 187 × 278 × 207 (English Wikipedia) mm
- Country
- Japan
- Accessories
- AE Finder FL (waist-level, aperture-priority TTL), Magnifying Hood (4×), Angle Finder, 2.5× magnifiers from −4 to +3 dioptres, focusing screens (camera-wiki) · 120 and 220 Roll Film Holders I, Roll Film Holder II (6×7 and 6×6), Fuji and Polaroid instant holders (camera-wiki) · Standard, bag (wide-angle) and long bellows; 40 mm and 80 mm extension rails; bellows lens shades; lens-board adapter for large-format lenses on Linhof-type boards (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki) · 7.2 V NiCd battery and charger, 6×AA holder, AC adapter; 1 m and 5 m remote releases; neck-strap set (camera-wiki)
100% coverage per English Wikipedia; an orientation indicator shows in the finder when the back is horizontal (camera-wiki). Alternative screens: microprism, split image, grid. Other finders: Magnifying Hood with a 4× loupe, Angle Finder (eye level, adjustable dioptre), and the AE Finder FL, a waist-level finder with a centre-weighted meter that includes flash and gives aperture-priority autoexposure (English Wikipedia; camera-wiki).
Where sources disagree
- Year
- 1986 (announced, Fujifilm's history of the Fujinon name; on sale April 1986, Japanese Wikipedia; 1986, camera-wiki)
- 1987 (English Wikipedia: production 1987–1995, shown at the PMA show in Chicago in 1987)
Better supported: 1986: Fujifilm's own account and the Japanese product list agree, and English Wikipedia marks itself as resting on a single source
- Last
- 1994 (Japanese Wikipedia: GX680II on sale August 1994)
- 1995 (camera-wiki and English Wikipedia: replaced by the II in 1995)
Better supported: 1994 as the Japanese launch of the successor; export markets may have seen the II in 1995
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History
The GX680 Professional is the studio camera Fuji Photo Film announced in 1986: a 6×8 single-lens reflex whose lens sits on a front standard joined to the body by bellows, so that it can be raised, dropped, shifted, tilted and swung like a view camera’s. Fujifilm’s own history of the Fujinon name gives the two features that defined it, the revolving back that turns the 56 × 76 mm frame from horizontal to vertical without moving the camera, and a tilt/shift mechanism it calls a world first in medium format. The movements on the first body are 15 mm of shift each way, 15 mm of rise and 13 mm of fall, and 12° of tilt and swing, per Japanese Wikipedia. The revolving back had a cost for the optics: every lens had to cover an 8 × 8 cm circle, about eight times the area of a 35mm frame, and keep covering it when the standard was moved.
Each lens is fixed to an electronic lens board carrying a Seiko leaf shutter that the body times from 8 seconds to 1/400 and cocks automatically, so flash synchronises at every speed; the aperture is set by a lever on the lens. Film transport is motorised in the holder, at about a frame a second, with automatic loading to the first frame, an interlocking dark slide and a chime at the end of the roll. The body reads light off the film through a silicon diode and reports over, under or correct exposure on LEDs after the shot, while the optional AE Finder FL adds a centre-weighted meter and aperture-priority automation. Power came from a 7.2 V nickel-cadmium pack, with a 6×AA holder and an AC adapter as alternatives. With the 135mm standard lens, a holder and the battery the camera weighs 4,146 g, and the first body had no strap lugs at all.
The first GX680 is told from its successors by small things. It has a focus brake lever coaxial with the focusing knob where the II has a focus lock on the standard carrier, LED readouts where the III has an LCD, and no name suffix on the body. English Wikipedia says the generations differ externally only in displays, controls and battery type. Sources disagree on its dates: Fujifilm and the Japanese product list say 1986, English Wikipedia’s production run begins with the 1987 PMA show in Chicago, where nine lenses were shown, and its replacement by the GX680II is August 1994 in Japan or 1995 elsewhere. Fujifilm’s history counts 13 GX-mount lenses developed in all; the lists on camera-wiki and English Wikipedia reach 17 once the GX M, GX MD and soft-focus versions are included.
The system was discontinued in April 2010, and Fuji no longer services it. For a buyer the original body’s liabilities are its nickel-cadmium battery, long out of production, and the half-AA lithium cell soldered inside each film holder, which camera-wiki says should be replaced by a technician. The lenses, holders and finders carry over to the later bodies, so the first GX680 is usually the cheapest way into the system, at the cost of the heaviest body and the oldest electronics.
This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.
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